Kogi traditional council of chiefs condemns Yahaya Bello’s convoy attack

State Traditional Council of Chiefs, led by His Royal Majesty, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa Ogwuche-Akpa, Atta Igala, has condemned the attack on the convoy of Governor Yahaya Bello. The royal fathers made their position known on Monday when they paid a visit to the  Governor at the Government House in Lokoja, Kogi State. The group sympathised with the governor regarding the attack on his convoy by a political group on his way from Abuja to Lokoja...

Kogi: Be good ambassadors, Yahaya Bello tells intending pilgrims

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has told intending 2023 Muslim Pilgrims who are embarking on the sacred journey to Saudi Arabia, to be good ambassadors of the state. The governor who was represented by Senator-elect Abubakar Ohere emphasised the importance of being exemplary ambassadors of Kogi State, stressing that their actions during the pilgrimage would bring honour to the state. In a press statement on Monday, signed by Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to...

JOHESU suspends 12-day strike after meeting with Tinubu

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has suspended its 12-day strike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, though with a caveat to review it after 21 days. JOHESU in a statement signed by Mathew Ajurotu, its acting National Secretary, stated that JOHESU called off its strike after a one-hour meeting with President Bola Tinubu who promised to respond to the union’s demands after due consultation. The health workers union was reportedly to have said...

Subsidy Removal: TUC seeks FG to increase workers minimum wage to N200,000

…Lists other demands The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has asked for an increase of the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N200,000. The requests by the labour body which has already been forwarded to the Federal Government, is part of conditions being put forward by the labour union to shelve its proposed strike, in the wake of the sudden removal of fuel subsidy by the government. There is also a list of other...

Industrial Court halts planned labour strike, on Wednesday

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, under Justice O. Y Anuwe on Monday restrained the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on the planned nationwide strike, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 7. Justice Anuwe made the order upon an ex parte application drawn from a suit marked NICN/ABJ/158/2023, dated June 5, and filed by the Federal Government, and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister...

NLC, TUC suspends nationwide strike after meeting with FG

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have suspended their planned nationwide strike earlier scheduled for tomorrow. The decision followed a meeting between the leadership of the labour union and the federal government at the Presidential Villa on Monday night. The NLC, in a statement last Friday, announced a boycott of services nationwide from Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in protest against the sudden removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu...

Actress Iyabo Ojo dares Lagos State Govt. to jail her for refusing to pay N18m tax

“You are enjoined to pay a total sum of N18,640,092 to government coffers…within seven days,” reads the letter from the Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, that made Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo take to social media to vent her anger on the Lagos State Government. According to the letter dated May 22, 2023, the actress has a tax liability of N7,376,000.00 for the 2022 income year and an outstanding liability of N11,264,092 for 2021 which amounts...

Subsidy removal: Court grants FG’s request to stop NLC, TUC’s nationwide strike

The National Industrial Court of Nigra, NICN, has restrained the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, from embarking on their planned nationwide strike on Wednesday. The NLC, in a statement last Friday, announced a boycott of services nationwide from Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in protest against the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu which has resulted in an upsurge in the price of premium motor spirit, PMS, otherwise known...

Burna Boy makes history, sells out London Stadium for ‘Love, Damini’ concert

Damini Ogulu, the Nigerian singer better known as Burna Boy, has become the first African artist to solo headline a stadium concert in the United Kingdom. On Saturday, June 3, 2023, Burna Boy sold out the 80,000-capacity London Stadium for his remarkable ‘Love, Damini’ concert, making history as the first African artist to achieve this feat in the UK. 🚨NOW SOLD OUT!!🚨 @burnaboy’s RECORD BREAKING concert has now officially SOLD OUT! What an incredible achievement...

Fuel Subsidy: Federal Government To Meet Trade Union Congress

In an effort to avert industrial action by Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Federal Government has adjourned a meeting with TUC leadership tomorrow Tuesday to allow for more consultations. Dele Alake, leader of the Federal Government negotiation team, told newsmen that adoption of the agreement needed President Bola Tinubu’s consideration. “This engagement has been very productive. The TUC that attended today presented a list of demands, which we have studied and will present to Mr....

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